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his belly-full, and then called for every sort of wine in the
house ; and, after supper, he began to think what sort of life he
should lead. “For,” said he to himself, “1 shall now have
mough for everything I can desirc.” He slept that
the very best bed in the house; and the next day he
ordered the finest victuals of all kinds. When he rang his
Dell, all the waiters tried who should run fastest to ask him
what he pleased to want; and the landlord himself, hearing
what a noble guest was come to his house, took care to be
standing at the door to bow to him when he should be passing
out.

Fortunatus asked the landlord whether any fine horses could
be got near at hand ; also, if he knew of some smart-looking
clever men-servants, who wanted places. By chance the
landlord was able to provide him with both to his great liking.
Ashe had now got everything that he wanted, he set out on
the finest horse that was ever seen, with two servants, for the
nearest town, There he bought some grand suits of clothes,
and put his two servants in liveries laced with gold ; and then
he went on to Paris, Here he took the best house that was to
be got, and lived in great pomp. He invited the nobility, and
gave grand balls to all the most beautiful ladies of the court.
He went to all public places of amusement, and the first lords
in the country invited him to their houses. He had lived
in this manner for about a year, when he began to think
of going to Famagosta to visit his parents, whom he had left
very poor. “But,” thought Fortunatus, ‘as I am young and
have not seen much of the world, I should like to meet with
some person of more knowledge than I have, who would make
my journey both useful and pleasing to me.” Soon after this
he met with an old gentleman, called Loch Fitty, who was a
native of Scotland, and had left a wife and ten children a great

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